On the 25th of October, 2017, the official mascots

of the 3rd KWU Kyokushin World Championship – a male bear Burzhick and a female sable Katya have arrived to Ekaterinburg. And already early in the morning Burzhick and Katya were broadcasted in a TV program “The Morning Express” on the Channel 4.

It was founded in 1723, by the order of Peter the Great – the first Russian emperor

Russian Empresses Catherine the First and Catherine the Great both had a big influence on the destiny of the city. The city was named after the wife of the Emperor, Catherine the First, whereas Catherine the Second granted Ekaterinburg the status of the city and in the years of her reign, one of the main roads of the Russian Empire, the Siberian Route was paved through it.Continue reading “KWUCHAMP 2017: Ekaterinburg is a city of strong people!”→